Characteristics of COPD in never smokers: results from the international burden of obstructive lung disease (BOLD) study

B. Lamprecht, M. A. McBurnie, W. Vollmer, G. Gudmundsson, E. Nizankowska-Mogilnicka, M. Studnicka, P. Burney, S. Buist, D. Mannino (Salzburg, Austria; Portland, OR, Lexington, KY, United States Of America; Reykjavik, Iceland; Krakow, Poland; London, Unite

Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Epidemiology of respiratory symptoms and COPD
Session: Epidemiology of respiratory symptoms and COPD
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 2060
Disease area: Airway diseases

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